Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, 1:19-cv-00156-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT THIS CASE

vs. PROCEED ONLY AGAINST

DEFENDANTS HICKS AND ROCHA FOR

DAVID HICKS, et al., USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE IN

VIOLATION OF THE EIGHTH

Defendants.

AMENDMENT, AND THAT ALL OTHER

DEFENDANTS AND CLAIMS BE

DISMISSED FOR PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE

TO STATE A CLAIM

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

19 Tracye Benard Washington (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on February 5, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint names as defendants Sergeant David Hicks and Correctional Officer Hipolito Rocha and brings claims for excessive force, failure to protect, violation of equal protection, violations of the…